Conjugation – der Indikativ – Past Perfect (Plusquamperfekt)

Habenor seinisconjugated in the simple past (Präteritum), and the past participle (Partizip Perfekt) of the main verb comes at the end of the sentence. These two elements (haben or sein, and the perfect participle) make a so called sentence frame:

The sentence frame behaves here in the same way as with das Perfekt: the auxiliary and the past participle make a sentence frame so the participle comes at the end of the sentence. However in most cases the Plusquamperfekt turns up in subordinate clauses and mostly the auxiliary comes at the end of the sentence. The Plusquamperfekt very seldom turns up alone in a sentence: